Practice Management
Your child wakes up with a sore throat and a fever. Like any responsible parent, you take a sick day and call the pediatrician, only to hear “Sorry, nothing today. We may be able to squeeze you in tomorrow afternoon.” Now what? Well, 42% of the 2,000+ parents surveyed in the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health say they would take their child to an urgent care center, retail clinic, or the …
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The patient, a 30-year-old male, presented with a complaint of feeling something stuck in his throat. View the image taken (Figure 1) and consider what your diagnosis would be.
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The patient, a 63-year-old female, complained of pain in her throat after eating fish. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis would be.
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The patient, a 40-year-old female, presented with dysphagia. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis would be.
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The patient, an otherwise-healthy 75-year-old, was eating fish, felt a swallowed bone, and has experienced progressive dysphagia since. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be
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This 56-year-old patient swallowed a chicken bone and feels a foreign body lodged in the trachea. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be.
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The patient is a 16-year-old male who presents with difficulty breathing, pain in his throat, difficulty swallowing, and pleuritic chest pain. He reports that the symptoms began “a couple of hours” earlier. There is no history of trauma, choking, or recent dental procedure. The patient looks well, and is quiet and not toxic. Pulse is 75, O2sat 94; there is no fever. Chest is normal, with bilateral air entry. Assessment is hindered by the patient’s …
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